Fort Fredrick

Fort Fredrick, also known as Trincomalee Fort or Fort of Triquillimale, is a fort built by the Portuguese at , , , completed in 1624 CE, built on Swami Rock-Konamamalai from the debris of the world-famous ancient Hindu Koneswaram temple.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • …dates from 1624
  • Description: fort in Sri Lanka
  • Also known as
    “Fort Frederick”
    “Fort Fredric”
    “Koddai”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Maritime and Naval History Museum Trincomalee and Trincomalee railway station.
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Place of worship
The Maritime and Naval History Museum is a Maritime museum located at , .
1¼ km southwest of Fort Fredrick
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Railway station
is a railway station in the city of in eastern .
2 km west of Fort Fredrick
Hospital
is a government hospital in , .
1½ km south of Fort Fredrick

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trincomalee.
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is a city in .

Fort Fredrick

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Latitude
8.57894° or 8° 34′ 44″ north
Longitude
81.24276° or 81° 14′ 34″ east
Open location code
6MW3H6HV+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 439563994
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = fort
Geo­Names ID
1246684
Wiki­data ID
Q3070381

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tamil—“Fort Fredrick” goes by many names.
Fort de TrincomaleeCatalan
弗雷德里克堡Chinese
腓特烈堡Chinese
Fort FrederickDutch
حصن فريدريكEgyptian Arabic
Trincomalee fortEstonian
Fort FrédéricFrench
Fort FrederickFrench
Fort FredrickFrench
フォート・フレデリックJapanese
フレデリク要塞Japanese
Forte de TriquinimalePortuguese
Форт ФредерикRussian
ෆ්‍රෙඩ්රික් බලකොටුවSinhala
திருகோணமலை கோட்டைTamil
திருகோணமலைக் கோட்டைTamil

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